University of Florida interim president Donald Landry is set to receive a $2 million payout as part of an unusual contract provision entitling him to severance pay if he didn’t get the permanent job.
On Monday UF announced that it is moving forward with Stuart Bell as the sole finalist for its presidency. Bell, who previously served as the University of Alabama’s president from 2015 through 2025, must still be confirmed by both UF’s Board of Trustees and the Florida Board of Governors.
Landry, a former chair of Columbia University’s Department of Medicine, stepped into the interim role last September after the Florida Board of Governors rejected Santa Ono over concerns about his past support of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which he unsuccessfully sought to distance himself from. (Conservative critics have already raised similar concerns about Bell, noting that he opened a DEI office at Alabama in 2017; however, Republican governor Ron DeSantis has thrown his support behind him publicly.)
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